2014 Five Week Clinic Series

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Round 2 of the clinic series will run from July 21st to August 25th (no session on August 4th for Civic Day), signup is currently open.

The cost for the 5 week session will be $55 for TUC Members and $65 for NON-TUC Members. Registration is now open (note if you are having difficulties registering please review our How To Register page or contact admin@tuc.org).

For more information on the TUC Clinic Series please read further.

BEGINNER CLINIC SERIES INTRODUCTION TO ULTIMATE AND BASIC SKILLS

The beginner 5 week clinic is geared towards new players or any person looking to work on their basic Ultimate skills. This series of clinics will teach you the very basic skills needed to play the game of ultimate. While the clinic main focus will be on improving your throws, other basic skills such as catching, cutting and defense will also be covered over the 5 week period. If you are looking to learn the basic skills or a place to learn and practice your throws this is the clinic for you.

Introduction to Ultimate

History of the Sport & TUC
Basics of the Game
10 Simple Rules of Ultimate
Spirit of the Game and Self Officiating

BASIC SKILLS

PRINCIPLES OF THROWING:

Basic Throwing Concepts
Basics to Throwing a Backhand
Basics to Throwing a Forehand (Flick)
Basics to Throwing a Hammer
Basics to Pivoting

PRINCIPLES OF CATCHING:

Basic Catching Concepts
Clap (Pancake) Catch
Two Handed Rim Catch
Catching One Handed
Jumping For the Disc
Layout Catch

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OFFENSE:

Stack Offense (Vertical)
Cutting
Clearing
Timing
Clearing
The Dump

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DEFENSE:

Basics to Person to Person Defense
Marking & Forcing the Thrower
Covering a Cutter
Fundamentals of Marking a Thrower
Covering the Cutter Techniques

REVIEW TOPICS COVERED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM

INTERMEDIATE CLINIC SERIES

Team Concepts and Strategies

The Intermediate Clinic series is geared towards those players who are comfortable with their throwing skills but want to take their game to the next level. This series will move the focus from the basic skills of the game and concentrates on the finer points of team play and strategies. You will learn things from different types of stacks to zones on offense and how to defend them on defense.

OFFENSE:

Advanced Vertical Stack
Horizontal Stack
Side Stack
Defense to Offense Transition
Advance Cutting Techniques

END ZONE OFFENSE:

End Zone Sets
Spacing and Clearing
End Zone Plays

DEFENSE:

Defensive Sets
Trapping
Sideline Communication
Advance Force
Switching

ZONE DEFENSE AND OFFENSE

DEFENSE

Zone Concepts
Positions and Responsibilities
Zone Variations
Transition: Zone to Person
The Clam

OFFENSE

Zone Strategy
Positions and Responsibilities
Movement

ULTIMATE FITNESS AND PROGRAM REVIEW

Training drills for speed, agility and quickness Strength training

REVIEW TOPICS COVERED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM

If you have any questions about our Clinic Series contact clinics@tuc.org or 416-461-0882.

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